To keep them from being completely evil.
from a letter to local paper:
a poster: To be good consistently has always seemed virtually impossible without the empowerment of God's grace. That is why most people know they need God. That is why most people are not atheists.
moi: If most people feel they need an outside agent like a God to keep them ethical, then those people have not learned to be ethical on their own. Doing right does not require religiosity. It requires empathy and compassion and a sense of personal responsibility for one's actions that comes from a consciously practiced recognition of one's interdependent position in this ongoing creation.
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